Gopher_In_NYC
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With your moniker, you should NEVER EVER be wrongI’m not. I want you to right. I just don’t think you are. Will this be a first?
With your moniker, you should NEVER EVER be wrongI’m not. I want you to right. I just don’t think you are. Will this be a first?
They’d rather be right than happy; odd philosophy to living one’s lifeNo, for some people here, it is not.
There are multiple posters on this board who want this team to fail. They want the team to fail because they want Ben Johnson gone yesterday and they care far more about the affirmation of their beliefs that the coach is a total loser than they care about the success of this Gopher team.
He’d give George Washington a run for hisGWG cherry picking? Oh, please, say it isn't so.
Well done!
He’d give George Washington a run for his
I live in NYC, I like to bust a guy’sI picked two teams that were ranked 6 spots apart last season and topos/twisted rock melon want to ignore that team, and pick other teams that were ranked 30-60 spots higher that we beat by less.
Yet I'm the one cherry picking?
I'm glad you understand. Not many do.With your moniker, you should NEVER EVER be wrong
I've never understood why people bet their hard earned money on things that they have ZERO control over. I know that these days, I'm in the extreme minority, but I'm only risking my money on stuff that I can at least have some type of slight control over.
There are more than one. I won't name names but there are at least three or four and possibly more.
It's definitely still debatable. It has been one game and we beat one of the worst teams in the country by 20.
The only relevant comparison to last year right now is when we played St. Francis Brooklyn who was ranked similarily on Ken Pom. We won that game by 18, without Battle or Carrington. Samuels played 29 minutes, Ramberg 28, and TT 19.
So with 'better players' this season we beat a similarly ranked opponent by one more basket. And we weren't outplayed in the 2nd half of last seasons game either, like we were last night. St Thomas went out and hammered that same team by 36 the next game.
Corn Flakes, here comes the piss.....Are we better or worse? Let's wait and see what Christie brings to the mix.
Keep in mind...we have struggled with D3 Macalester and #350 Bethune Cookman.
There's no comparison to be made with a sample size this small. Also.....Ken Pom.....!? It's been one game. lol.
That's pretty much my point for this years team and people already convinced this team is better than last years.
I was only using KenPom as a comparison for last years teams. If we blow out UTSA and are competitive with Mizzou, then I'll believe this years team is improved.
And that bums you out as a Ben Johnson super hater.....we know. You'll have plenty of time to shit on everything.....but maybe give it a rest for now. They did look decent last night.
Winning will never bum me out. I was just responding to a post that I thought was ridiculous. I didn't mention Ben's name once so maybe you should give it a rest.
And that bums you out as a Ben Johnson super hater.....we know. You'll have plenty of time to shit on everything.....but maybe give it a rest for now. They did look decent last night.
Based on your posts on the bball board over the past few years.....your anger over the win doesn't surprise me at all. Maybe you'll be more comfortable in your 'Ben Johnson is a Disaster' thread.
Ben Johnson is a Disaster
The state of the men's and woman's BB programs is in large part due to Coyle and his choice of coaches. He fixed one hiring error (we think). Hopefully he cares enough to fix the other.gopherhole.com
In fairness to GWG, I responded to the same post. To suggest the floor and ceiling have been raised and "it's not even debatable" is a little bit of a stretch. Would you disagree? It's way too early at this point to draw any firm determinations. Just like it was when they lost by 40 to Colorado State in the scrimmage.
There were a number of posters last year that thought that team could have been a fringe bubble team. If that was the ceiling for last year, what ceiling do we see this year? It's just too early to know. You might dislike the messenger, but his point isn't unfair in this case.
It's absolutely debatable. Not nearly enough of a sample size. Doesn't change the fact that some posters have such a vendetta against Coach Johnson....that the only thing that makes them happy is a Gopher loss. Some people just love to bitch, whine, and moan.
So then you agree with me. What you said is debatable is the only thing I was debating, so I'm not sure why you're coming after me. I didn't bitch, whine, or moan once about the win last night.
"I can already tell this is going to be a really good matchup since both teams already made points" .. girl ...
Agree. Win is always the answer IMO. I’d rather beat the worst team by one than lose to the best team by oneI’d rather win. MSU will likely have a lot more good nights than the U, tonight isn’t one of them.
Not to be a jerk, but I'm curious as to what affect you can have on a random game that you've bet money on. In what way will you be able to actually affect the outcome of any particular moment of a game from your seat on the couch. For example, the Gophers couldn't make a 3 in the second half the other night. Like to know in what way, If I'd bet money on the game or the prop bet of made 3's, that I could have any control over that. That's what I'm getting at. Any bet I make involving something that I am not actively involved in seems like throwing money down the toilet to me.You have control over what bets you make. It isn't like the lottery or a slot machine where everything is up to chance.
Well, I guess that sort-of explains it-- I guess---sort of.With gambling, you either have the bug or you don’t. You’re correct. There is not a logical reason to gamble so if you don’t have the bug, I’m sure gambling just feels idiotic.
It reminds me of a video where neil degrasse Tyson was confidently making an incorrect argument. He was arguing that if people really understood the odds, they wouldn’t dump their money at casinos. He couldn’t me more wrong. Vegas makes their money off people who gamble a ton and know the odds. A high stakes black Jack table is full of people who get it, but gamble anyway. It’s a compulsion, not a logical attempt to make money,
So to answer your question, we like to gamble because it’s fun. The fact that we have no control - like flipping a card or rolling dice - is part of what makes it fun.
Not to be a jerk, but I'm curious as to what affect you can have on a random game that you've bet money on. In what way will you be able to actually affect the outcome of any particular moment of a game from your seat on the couch. For example, the Gophers couldn't make a 3 in the second half the other night. Like to know in what way, If I'd bet money on the game or the prop bet of made 3's, that I could have any control over that. That's what I'm getting at. Any bet I make involving something that I am not actively involved in seems like throwing money down the toilet to me.
You sound like somebody who's new around here (which I know you're not)I just hope this conversation stays in this thread instead of poisoning each In-Game Thread for the rest of the season.
Do you have a retirement account, or some kind of trading account? If so, how do you feel about your money in stock market? You can't affect the price of any individual stock (unless you own a major number of shares, which only a handful of people on this planet do) so how do you deal with that risk?Not to be a jerk, but I'm curious as to what affect you can have on a random game that you've bet money on. In what way will you be able to actually affect the outcome of any particular moment of a game from your seat on the couch. For example, the Gophers couldn't make a 3 in the second half the other night. Like to know in what way, If I'd bet money on the game or the prop bet of made 3's, that I could have any control over that. That's what I'm getting at. Any bet I make involving something that I am not actively involved in seems like throwing money down the toilet to me.